Hello and welcome to On the Ledge podcast.

I'm your host, Jane Perron, and this week we are containing our excitement.

Now I know I sound as excitable as somebody who's been poked with a sharp stick, but summer's here, folks.

And any time I need a boost, I can just go and feel up my tomato plants

and enjoy the wonderful scent of fresh tomato leaves does that make you feel good maybe it's

just me in this week's episode i am treading slightly away from On the Ledge's core topic of house plants.

But that's okay. The show's been going six and a half years. I think we can cope with a little bit of mission creep because this week we're talking growing food in containers with Mark Ridzill Smith of the wonderful website Vertical Veg.

He's also the author of an award-winning book, The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening.

So I find out what crops do and don't work in containers, what you can grow on your windowsill,

and how you can avoid falling into common mistakes people make when starting out with a container food garden.

Plus, I answer a question about Growlites.

Now, I do love a message that makes me feel good.

And that's exactly what I got from JKK on Instagram this week. Over there,

I'm at j.l.l.perone. The message from JK. read as follows. I love your podcast and I wanted to let you know

you have inspired me to be more involved with our local orchid society. I spent several hours yesterday with the chairman,

who was lovely enough to show us his greenhouse. I'm planning on helping him organise and

repot his plants and I'm so excited. Thank you for the inspiration. Well, thank you, JK, for the

inspiration and I'm so glad that you're getting involved with your local orchid society. That's great news.

Quick reminder, if you are in the UK and you want a signed and dedicated copy of my book,

Legends of the Leaf, get in touch. You can contact me directly and I will get that organised for

you. I don't have many copies available

for that because it's a lot of work to send them out but I do have a few. So if you're a dedicated

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